DoIT Security

The DoIT Security Group assists all members of the UMBC community with any IT security questions and requests. Many questions can be answered via the submission of a Request Ticket, and, if necessary, a DoIT employee can be contacted for additional assistance.

Submit a Security Ticket

The DoIT Security Group posts notices and articles about threats, scams, and attacks on the IT Security – DoIT myUMBC group. In order to receive information as quickly as possible, we recommend that members of the UMBC community follow our group. Once followed, any new articles and notices will be automatically sent to the subscriber via email and myUMBC notification.

How to Follow

  1. Go to my.umbc.edu/groups/itsecurity
  2. Make sure you are logged into myUMBC.
  3. Click the Follow button, and select Notifications to All Updates.

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IT Security Notices

Covid-19 Contact Tracing Scams

Contact Tracing Scammers Are Still Active

With Covid-19 still very present in our day to day lives, many states have started to roll out contact tracing programs to help control the spread of disease. This is done by informing people who...

Posted: September 9, 2020, 7:52 PM

Job Scam "Internship" From A Compromised UMBC Account

Check The "Reply-To" Address

The job scam below was recently reported to DoIT. The subject of the email is just “Internship” and has a very short message as can be seen below. The name and email of the from and to fields were...

Posted: September 9, 2020, 7:42 PM